Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 513

Yuna's eyes filckered with a flash of panic, then she shook her head again. Seemed like that was her go-to

move.

I raised an eyebrow. "If he didn't touch you or kiss you, what makes you think he's in love?"

Her cheeks flushed as she looked down. "He... well, there was one time he almost kissed me."

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"Almost?" I tried to picture Wade's usual, reserved self. Was he drinking?"

Guys get weird when they're tipsy, sometimes mixing up reality with whoever's on their mind.

Yuna didn't shake her head this time. Instead, she nodded slightly. "Yeah, last week he was kinda down and had a few drinks.

"I asked what was wrong, and he said it'd been a hundred days since his advisor passed.

"He said he missed her... then he looked at me and leaned in like he was going to kiss me."

Right-exactly a hundred days since Narelle had passed.

must've been seeing Narelle in Yuna's place, which made my

shared so much in common, but

it?" I asked, watching her face. "Did you pull away, or

himself?"

"He stopped himself.

I raised an eyebrow. "All those romance novels, and you still got it this

everything else. He's been so sweet to me, and everyone at the library thinks we're dating. Sometimes they even tease us, and he never says

when he shows up late and sees some

With all the signals Wade was throwing out, it was no wonder she'd misread

Wade had his own stuff to work through, and I'd have to talk to him

mentioned he talked about his advisor, right?" I asked carefully. "Did it ever cross your mind to wonder

brow furrowed, and she hesitated. "Are you saying his advisor was... someone

quickly shook her head. No way! How could he be in

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you know...

still imagining all academic staff as gray-haired

if I should tell her the whole story or let

beautiful woman?" she asked,

decided it was best to tell her now-better a little hurt now than a lot